I’ve been doing a lot of quality of competition comparisons which are done on even strength and I neglected to click back to the aggregate stats. Good catch. It’s actually really interesting to compare those numbers when you add power play and short handed goals.

(I was also referring to Goals For Per Game, not Goals Against Per Game, for what that’s worth)

Recomputing with the aggregate stats, the average EC team scores 2.82 goals a game. The average WC team scores 2.45. In this case, it’s a difference of 2/5s of a goal a game.

With respect to lies, damned lies, etc. — I don’t see anything wrong with making a hyperbolic point so long as you make an actual point as well. I try to be careful to do both — though, ha ha, I’m not always so careful with whether the stats table I’m reading is 5v5 or aggregate.

Anyway, I keep seeing a lot of comparisons “league-wide” this season which are entirely meaningless since no Western team will play an Eastern team until the Stanley Cup finals. They might as well be two different leagues this season, save for the Ryder trade.

Buddy Elf knows this too. It is good to know that I am not the only one that understands how to use a tool that everyone has.

Same computer, possibly yes. But, they would have to take turns every couple minutes. It is actually not the same computer necessarily. There is another instance, which I won’t name, which will produce the same id.

It IS nearly impossible to NOT detect that you are both Gary Burns or Andy. So claim “lies” and be tired of it all you want. However, we know which one of us is lying. I have no reason to lie about the data.

Thing is, Phil thought Gary Burns was MLBSF. It clearly wasn’t the case and I stated the scenario.

Just a few days ago though, you claimed that you could never be caught having multiple screen names — because you don’t do it. Until now, I believed you.

FYI, the only problem with having multiple screen names is the problem that persists, that is, abusing the function to attempt to show you have supporters or others that have the same exact opinion.

What you don’t like, is that it is healthy to have discourse. Or, differing opinions. It is plain to read, you HATE the idea that I might post mine — what ever it might be on a specific topic.

Fact is, you and others insist on lying about this CHILDISH PR DEPARTMENT crap and you have no evidence or proof of that. And you cannot find it — there is none to be found.

]]>By: Billhttp://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/2013/03/12/brent-burns-returning-to-sharks-lineup-but-as-a-third-line-forward-not-on-the-blue-line/comment-page-8/#comment-211920
Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:46:27 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/?p=9220#comment-211920Phil, even if the Sharks are going away from the run and gun type offense, then they have failed miserably with the system they are trying to employ. This season the GPA is 2.16 and the GAA is 2.32. They are scoring less goals than they give up. TMac and DW are scratching their collective heads wondering what happened while it is obvious that the offensive personnel that they have assembled are not getting it done. The D is doing their job as the team is 5th in GAA. However the team is 29th in goals scored.
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Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:41:07 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/?p=9220#comment-211918One other thing: About shot selection. I see this myth a lot that forwards seem to aim for the goalie’s chest protector.

That’s a side effect of the predominant style of goaltending in the league. In essence, you get out from the net as far as you can to block the shot and you get down in the butterfly to take away the percentages.

That said, as I noted before, I do agree that there are problems with the Sharks shot selection right now. For an offense that’s geared to jump on rebounds, there have not been very many.

From what I can see, both San Jose and St. Louis generated the same number of scoring chances off of rebounds — 2 a piece. St. Louis cashed in on one of those, obviously.

I will say this: For the most part, when there wasn’t a screen in front of Allen, there was someone off to the side trying to deflect the puck. In general, the Blues D was very effective at controlling sticks.

It might be worth considering timing plays like Chicago used on their way to the cup.

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Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:22:48 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/?p=9220#comment-211912it’s a 3-2 league, and the sharks are usually the one scoring 2. so, what good is that? it means they need more scoring, not from trades, but from style of play. Quit laying back, quit the NJ devil crap , and start forechecking with pressure on the opposing d in their end. some will say, but they did that last night, look at all the shots. I say they showed some signs of it, but the shoot shoot shoot with no moving of the goalie still results in nothing but Hahn getting a thrill up his leg about the shot clock.
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